2010 AOTY Final Results

[Spot]

Well sports fans, we've come to the end of another action packed year of kayak fishing competition here at Northwest Kayak Anglers.  As expected, this year's scores blew away the past records. 

The new 20 fish AOTY format enabled competitors to take better advantage of their local opportunities.  Trout were broken out to Rainbow, Kokanee, Makinaw and Cutthroat.  Rockfish were split to True Rockfish, Cabezon and Geenling.  And, from the Panfish category came Walleye and Surfperch.  Not surprisingly, everones score cards were much fuller this year with each of the new fish categories seeing multiple entries.

For the lucky and the observant, "Bonus Fish" were game changers.  The two consistant bonus fish this year were Greenling and Cabezon.  Both of these categories garnered huge averages with the biggest Cabezon (at 204.8pts) also winning the ORC2010 Tournament for Jammer.

Speaking of bonus fish, 24togo posted the highest scoring fish of the tournament.  Taking advantage of a well documented uptick in the average size of mysis shrimp fed Kokanee, he made the long trek East.  Undetered by wind, rain or missing gear, 24togo hooked and more amazingly landed a MONSTER 24" Kokanee, good for an whopping 216pts!

     
Overall, there were some amazing performances this year.  eobasser handily topped last years winning score at the beginning of October with multiple players in striking distance.  For two months it appeared that he'd be uncontested.  Then, as if recovering from what should have been a knock out punch, CBY and Zee suddenly came back to life.

CBY scored 1st with a 135.12pt perch, dedicated to the memory of his brother, to round out his 10 scoring fish. Next came Zee with a fat 159pt perch.  2 days before tournaments end, Zee scored again to take the lead with a 164.25pt football shaped smallie.  And, on the final day of competition, looking for the win, CBY fell just short, settling for second with a 165pt Pile Perch. 

In the end, our leader board was as follows:

Adult Division AOTY

In 1st Place is Zee with a score of 1538.5 points. 
   Prize: Ocean Kayak T13!

In 2nd Place is coosbayyaker with a score of 1516.97 points.
   Prize: Humminbird - 385 ci kayak model color fish finder!

In 3rd Place is eobasser with a score of 1495.75 points.
   Prize: Kokatat  Bahia Tour model Fishing PFD!

In 4th place is Spot with a score of 1317.125 points
   Prize: A pair of Hobie Polarized sunglasses!

In 5th place is The Nothing with a score of 1263.238 points
   Prize: One year subscription to Northwest Sportsman Magazine!

In 6th place is Jammer with a score of 1235.7 points
   Prize: One year subscription to Northwest Sportsman Magazine!

In 7th place is goldendog with a score of 1192.75 points
   Prize: One year subscription to Northwest Sportsman Magazine!


AOTY Special Prize Winners

Largest Chinook: coosbayyaker with a 38.5" 154 point fish
   Prize: Lamiglass salmon rod

AOTY Kids Division Winner: Kapena with 311.25 points
   Prize: NRS kids paddle wear package



Bravo Guys!  You all rock!
-Spot-

[The Nothing]

Right on!
To me it seemed like a tough year, but ready to do it all over again.  Anyone else?

[24togo]

Right on!  It was a ton of fun and I'm in again this year.  Thanks for the update Spot!

[Zee]

That was a ton of fun and have to say the competition was fierce. Amazing catches all around. The smb's from EO, Noggin Yakker, and Pisco Sicko were absolutely SICK! You guys proved you are the sweet water killers.






The rockfish that Yak Monkey and Drool posted were straight up solid.




Jammer's cabezon.. what??


CBY's silver bullet Chinook!


And can't forget 24togo's Kokanee lunker!!


I gotta say AOTY is a real fun tourney that makes you learn about a lot of fisheries you might not normally fish much. And once you do learn you find there's some real hidden gems out there.

A big congratulations to everyone who competed in 2010 and a big thanks to all the sponsors that made it happen. Great to see all the quality fish caught and look forward to another great AOTY for 2011.

Z

[coosbayyaker]

Thanks for all the hard work to make this an awesome tourny. I have learned so much about diferent fisheries, in my area and out

Special thanks to Allen,Brian,Mark and Bryce..You guys rock

Thanks to all the participants, now ge out there and kick some fish butt in '11!

Can't wait to get my loot, I'm stoked on the fish finder!!

[polepole]

Can't wait to get my loot, I'm stoked on the fish finder!!

And let me tell you ... it looks like a a pretty cool FF.  $499 MSRP for the package.  Can't wait to see a review of it!!!

-Allen

[polepole]

http://www.kayakanglermag.com/features/894-tournament-wire-pacific-northwest-wire-walker.html

[coosbayyaker]

And let me tell you ... it looks like a a pretty cool FF.  $499 MSRP for the package.  Can't wait to see a review of it!!!

-Allen

I was just checking it out on their site, looks like an awesome unit. Definetly way more then i would spend myself, so i will really enjoy this luxury.

[Spot]

And let me tell you ... it looks like a a pretty cool FF.  $499 MSRP for the package.  Can't wait to see a review of it!!!

-Allen

I was just checking it out on their site, looks like an awesome unit. Definetly way more then i would spend myself, so i will really enjoy this luxury.

You'll definitely be rollin in style.  Bad ass Fish finder AND a new Lami?  I'd say your hard work over the last couple of years is paying off.   You're suddenly way ahead of all the entry fees you've put into this ride.  

[coosbayyaker]

You'll definitely be rollin in style.  Bad ass Fish finder AND a new Lami?  I'd say your hard work over the last couple of years is paying off.   You're suddenly way ahead of all the entry fees you've put into this ride.  

Yea, I'd say so and the people i've met and stuff i've learned was worth it anyway..When your as addicted to this stuff as i am and have some time you can't help but do good.

I got plans for the Lami..Since I am a sure quick end to a nice rod, i will keep it new and raffle it off at the 2nd annual AOTDT with the proceeds going to be donated to a cancer research/treatment center in honor of my Bro.

[Lee]

That's awesome Roy

[polepole]

I got plans for the Lami..Since I am a sure quick end to a nice rod, i will keep it new and raffle it off at the 2nd annual AOTDT with the proceeds going to be donated to a cancer research/treatment center in honor of my Bro.

  Nice thought Roy!

-Allen

[Spot]

I got plans for the Lami..Since I am a sure quick end to a nice rod, i will keep it new and raffle it off at the 2nd annual AOTDT with the proceeds going to be donated to a cancer research/treatment center in honor of my Bro.

That's quite a gesture Roy.  Bravo!!!

-Mark- 

[Zee]

Yeah buddy!

Z

['Yak Monkey]

Nice gesture Roy! Congrats to all the top finishers, too!